Hardik Pandya was born on 11-10-1993 in Surat in the state of Gujarat, India. He is an Indian Cricket Player.

Career

Hardik Pandya is also one of the cricketers who portrays 'IPL breed'. He is fearless and has the confidence of intimidation while sharing the dressing room with best. He was already creating ripples while playing for Baroda in the domestic circuit. His big-hitting prowess was making the rounds for a long time and it was Mumbai Indian’s management who signed him up for the IPL 2015.

After being roped in by the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, Pandya became a revelation. Playing livewire in the field, Clean ball-striking, and bowling at some furious pace, he did it all to make sure his franchise retain faith in him. He was instrumental in Mumbai Indians lifting the IPL title for the second time in IPL 2015. Even Mumbai Indian’s head coach then, Ricky Ponting showered heaps of praises on this 21-year-old Baroda lad.

Indian team was in search of an all-rounder and they finally found one in Hardik Pandya. He after some astonishing first-class season not just with the bat but also with the ball in his hands caught selectors attention and drafted him in the T-20 squad that toured Australia in 2016. He thus finally made his international debut against the mighty Australians on their soil in 2016 in the first match of that T-20 series. Since then, he has never looked back and has very much cemented his place in the national side, at least in the limited over’s format for sure. Time and again, he has been a savior for team India and recently in the series against Australia when India was struggling at 87-5, he came as a rescue and made sure India post a respectable total and finally ended up winning the match. He was magnificent throughout the series and ended up winning his first Man of the series title. He also made his test debut against Sri Lanka and scored a well crafted hundred. He had a lean outing when India toured South Africa in early 2018.He is still young and has miles to go. He is going to team India’s biggest asset in the ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup.